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“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.”
― Vivian Greene

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
― Chris Rock

“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.”
― Taylor Swift

“I am selfish. I am brave.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It is never too late to be wise.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.”
― Cathy Guiswite

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Selected Poems

“As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.”
― Will Shortz

“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
― Rick Moody

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.”
― Cassandra Clare

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.”
― Margaret Mead

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
― John Guare, Landscape of the Body

“Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris